Gilberto Mendes
Gilberto Mendes (born October 13, 1922 in Santos , São Paulo ; † January 1, 2016 there ) was a Brazilian composer.
Life
Gilberto Mendes studied with Cláudio Santoro and George Olivier Toni and was a student of Henri Pousseur and Pierre Boulez at the Darmstadt Summer Courses for New Music . In 1965 he founded the Festival for New Music in Santos. In the 1970s and 1980s, he taught at the University of Wisconsin and the University of Texas , after which he was a music professor at the University of São Paulo .
In addition to instrumental works, he composed cantatas and motets . In addition to classical instruments, he also used noises from vacuum cleaners, kitchen machines, washing machines and televisions as well as text montages in his compositions.
Works
- Ricercar for strings and two horns
- Cantata for soprano, male choir and instruments
- Music for instruments
- Rotation for instruments
- Cantata for voices, drums, typewriters and tape
- Ópera aberta: a soprano eo halterofilista (open opera: "The soprano and the weight lifter ") for soprano solo "a cappella" and weight lifter (actor)
literature
- Alfred Baumgartner: Propylaea World of Music - The Composers - A lexicon in five volumes . Propylaen Verlag, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-549-07830-7 , pp. 18, volume 4 .
Web links
- Gilberto Mendes in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maestro e compositor santista Gilberto Mendes morre aos 93 anos. In: g1.globo.com. January 1, 2016, accessed January 2, 2016 (Portuguese).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mendes, Gilberto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian composer and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 13, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Santos , Sao Paulo , Brazil |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 1, 2016 |
| Place of death | Santos , Sao Paulo , Brazil |